to stake
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5.5
- verb
- /steɪk/
:
marcar con estacas
- Please stake out the area where the new fence will go.
- stake a claim
- stake out a territory
Examples
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I just staked out the place.
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Just stake out the whole place.
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What I need you to do is stake out the bank.
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Then we stake out our next target.
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We can still stake out positions.
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Why don't we stake it out?
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Now, however, I should like to stake out a few positions for purposes of clarification and debate.
Academic text (1997) -
Stake out the house.
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Stake out your territory.
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They've staked out the docks, the airport, to keep him from leaving the country.
Synonyms
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4.1
To put up signs that show directions or information
Antonyms
Idioms
- NSFW
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9.8
To tie a person to a stake and burn them as punishment or to strongly criticize them in public
- Informal
To risk all your money because you are sure something will happen
Compounds
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9.9
A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment
- US
A brown wading bird like a small heron that lives in reeds and makes a loud booming call
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stake comes from an old word for a 'post' or stick driven into the ground to show a place. So to stake land is to put posts in the ground to mark the boundary.